Windows Weekly 868: PaulyBrowserous

On this spicy episode of Windows Weekly, Paul, Leo, and Richard try to pronounce "Sudo," watch an expensive Copilot ad, marvel at big Arm revenues, discuss the latest in internet browser news, and debate the FTC's motivations as they go after Microsoft once again!

Windows 11

Big changes in Insider, with Canary and Dev moving to the same 24H2 builds
Windows 11 is going to get its AI moment this year
With the announcement of 24H2, does that mean nothing big mid-year as rumors suggested?
Patch Tuesday arrives. Copilot moves to the right of the system tray after 10 seconds of testing
Brave ships its browser on Arm in stable
Windows will likely get an AI game upscaling feature

AI/Antitrust

Report: Azure is allegedly 2/3rds the size of AWS by revenue, thanks to AI
Microsoft Bing and Edge avoid the EU DMA
Google Gemini officially replaces Bard
Grammarly lays off 230 to focus on AI
Mozilla scales back dramatically, will focus on AI in Firefox
Arc Sync comes to Arc on Mac only

Cloud/server/dev

Google One surpasses 100 million users. New AI tier is coming to take on Copilot Pro
Arm revenues are in. Look at those margins!
Notion acquires Skiff. Ladies and gentlemen, the Notion Office is coming
.NET 9 Preview 1 arrives. Are annual updates too much?

Xbox

Xbox says it will come clean on its strategy
The FTC claims that Xbox layoffs violate the terms of its Activision Blizzard acquisition promises
Microsoft tells the court that the FTC is wrong on multiple levels
There's a new Xbox system update
Sony doesn't meet its quarterly PS5 sales target, will miss its annual target, and the PS5 is falling off a cliff
Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic Games. "F U, Apple!"
Flight Simulator jumps the Minecraft Shark

Tips and Picks

Tip of the Week: Microsoft PC Manager - Avoid at all costs
App Picks of the Week: DuckDuckGo browser, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Devices for Windows
RunAs Radio this week: Maximizing Metadata with Emily Manicini
Brown liquor pick of the week: Starward Pedro Ximenez Cask

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